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Shubenkov contests the lead with Sharman, the Russian winning after the Briton hit the seventh and eighth hurdles, which he felt cost him the chance to be crowned European championMatthew Lewis/Getty Images

Ron LewisAthletics Correspondent, Zurich

Last updated at 12:01AM, August 15 2014

Repeat of Glasgow slip costs British hurdler

Gold continues to elude William Sharman. At the Commonwealth Games two weeks
ago, a slight stumble after clipping a hurdle late on resulted in him having
to settle for silver. Last night, in Zurich, the same happened. They were
costly errors.

With Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, the favourite from France, beaten after acting
like a wrecking ball to the course, Sharman surged clear. But he clipped the
seventh hurdle and caught the eighth with his leading foot, allowing Sergey
Shubenkov, of Russia, to take the gold, in 13.19sec, Sharman being stuck
with silver on 13.27, 0.11 slower than the personal best he